A Daring Desire (Daring Daughters #19)
Emma V. Leech
Lady Catherine Barrington—Cat to her friends—the irrepressible and impetuous daughter of the Marquess of Montagu, was always used to getting whatever she wanted. However, when she set her sights on Ciarán St. Just, Marquess of Kilbane, the ton’s most notorious rake, it seemed she’d made a dreadful mistake. Marrying Kilbane put Cat’s reputation on the line, but his refusal to be her husband in anything but name has crushed her heart. And yet, despite everything, when disaster strikes, Cat is still determined to help her husband.
A marriage in haste, repented at leisure…
Kilbane is the hell-born libertine mothers warn their daughters about, the kind of man spoken of only in hushed whispers among high society. It’s a reputation he’s worked hard to cultivate. Everyone knows the St. Just bloodline is tainted with cruelty and madness, and anyone who believes Ciarán is not beyond saving is touched in the head themselves—not least his little fool of a wife. He may have been trapped into marriage, but that’s where his involvement with her ends. He’s certainly not the lost little boy she seems to think he is… but he’s not cruel enough to destroy her, either.
Dare to see what lies beneath…
The scandal incurred by Cat’s unconventional marriage—and the gossip occasioned by her husband’s departure for France—might break lesser women. But Cat is every inch her father’s daughter, and she won’t give up on the man she knows exists beneath the armour of Kilbane’s notorious persona. Besides, she loves him. As Cat pours her stubborn heart out in letter after letter, she can only hope Ciarán will read them.
When illness strikes, a vulnerable and pained Kilbane finds not only that his wife flies to his aid, but that her correspondence has opened up a brilliant, brave, thoughtful woman where, before, he had seen only a spoiled child. Has he left it too long to forge a relationship with her? And can he find the strength to share himself with the courage Cat has shown? When pride and necessity has built such high walls, it will take both daring and desire to tear them down.
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This is the nineteenth book in the series and focuses on the children of The Girls Who Dare series. They can be read separate from Girls Who Dare; however for a more intimate experience, one should read the Girls Who Dare first. Reading order for Daring Daughters is as follows:
Dare to be Wicked
Dare to be Brazen
Dare to be Wild
Dare to Cause a Scandal
Dare it all for Love
The Trouble with a Dare
Dare to Risk it All
The Mistletoe Dare
Just a Little Daring
An Enchanting Dare
To Dare the Devil
Sinfully Daring
To Dare the Darkness
Wildly Daring
The Dare Before Christmas
Indecently Daring
Truly, Madly, Daring
Truth or Dare
Heat rating of 3: spicy, descriptive, and provocative, but not erotica.
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The 'Daring Daughters' series
4.37 · 160 ratings- Dare to be Wicked by Emma V. Leech Book #1
- Evie and Louis: The Story so Far by Emma V. Leech Book #1
- Dare to be Brazen by Emma V. Leech Book #2
- Dare to be Wild by Emma V. Leech Book #3
- Dare to Cause a Scandal by Emma V. Leech Book #4
- Dare It All for Love by Emma V. Leech Book #5
- The Trouble with a Dare by Emma V. Leech Book #6
- Dare to Risk it All by Emma V. Leech Book #7
